Promotion prospects

League 2 is actually the easiest to get out of, there are more promotion places up for grabs than any of the other leagues.

 

It did but it’s still the easiest

 

This season won't be any different to last if the crap isn't forced out. If a few of the bad attitudes remain in the squad forget a successful season. I think at least two of them have attitudes which smell like arse cracks.

 

A nice soap enema then GB step forward with your tubes and jug lol

 

Think the poll needs editing slightly.

Should be top 3 and then top 7. 3 go up autos and down to 7th in play offs

 

Bloody hell, can you recall our playing budgets, RB?

They were absolutely shite baring the 12/13 season.

In the Peter Taylor/Jackson days, our playing budgets were circa £1.25m - not even top ten.

 

entirely proportional to how much of the crap we can get rid of

 

Indeed but I think it's the biggest factor in our success, reading the woap piece recently further convinced me that the players shitey attitudes were as much a cause of our issues last season as anything.

 

Getting out of div 2 won't be that easy because teams
Will want to beat us (being perceived as the "big" team)
so will raise their game to bring about a highlight for them.

We have to be consistent and match them and try get a
psychological advantage as every match will be a test.

 

It’s massively dependant on which players currently under contract can be moved on. If we can move 4-5 big earners on, there’s plenty of room for manoeuvre in the budget and I think at least some of those we’d be left with could be much more effective in a properly balanced side.

Right now, if we have an intent to set a similar budget in the 20/21 season, should we still be in league two, a top 10 finish in which we recreate a solid foundation, shape the basis of a squad with the right characteristics and a couple of good young players, and with another summer to complete the rebuild, I think that would be acceptable.

With a fair wind and good recruitment, a top 7 finish is very do-able though.

 

A good yardstick is to look at the quality in our last squad that just sneaked into seventh place after Exeter imploded. Are we likely to have anywhere that quality?
I very much doubt it.

Survival next season depends solely upon how many of the 16 inglorious basterds we can shift. Two or three we're battling for league survival, five or more we have a decent chance of midtable, maybe a little flirt with play-offs until we fall away. We've two or three seasons until we can realistically go back up.

 

Agree Yen. We are just going to have to be patient. Chin up you never know we are City after all